2001 Soul Train Music Awards

The 2001 Soul Train Music Awards were held on February 28, 2001 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Queen Latifah, Mýa, and Shemar Moore.

Special awards

Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement

• The Isley Brothers

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for "Entertainer of the Year" - Female

• Destiny's Child

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for "Entertainer of the Year" - Male

• Jay-Z

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold with an asterisk (*).

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• Dr. Dre 2001 - Dr. Dre*
• The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
• The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, Jay-Z
• TP-2.com - R. Kelly

Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Lil' Bow Wow
• Nelly*
• Jill Scott
• Carl Thomas

Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," D'Angelo
• "Stan," Eminem
• "Shake Ya Ass," Mystikal*
• "Ms. Jackson," Outkast

Best R&B/Soul Single, Female

• "Open My Heart" - Yolanda Adams*
• "Bag Lady" - Erykah Badu
• "Your Child" - Mary J. Blige
• "Gettin' In the Way" - Jill Scott

Best R&B/Soul Single, Male

• "Separated" - Avant
• "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" D'Angelo
• "I Wish" R. Kelly*
• "I Wish" Carl Thomas

Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo

• "Independent Woman, Part I" - Destiny's Child
• "Same Script, Different Cast" - Whitney Houston & Deborah Cox
• "Let's Get Married" - Jagged Edge*
• "Dance Tonight" - Lucy Pearl

Best R&B/Soul Album, Female

• The Heat - Toni Braxton
• Fear of Flying - Mýa
• Mirror Mirror - Kelly Price
• Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 - Jill Scott*

Best R&B/Soul Album, Male

• Voodoo, D'Angelo
• TP-2.com - R. Kelly*
• Unleash the Dragon - Sisqó
• Emotional - Carl Thomas

Best R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band or Duo

• J.E. Heartbreak - Jagged Edge*
• Thankful - Mary Mary
• Welcome II Nextasy - Next
• Lucy Pearl - Lucy Pearl

Best Gospel Album

• Sing It on Sunday Morning! - Chester D.T. Baldwin & Music Ministry Mass
• Thankful, Mary Mary*
• Emmanuel (God With Us) - Mississippi Mass Choir
• Good Time - Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's

Performers

• Destiny's Child - "Survivor"
• Jagged Edge
• Yolanda Adams
• Jay-Z (feat. Kurupt) - Medley: "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"/"Change The Game"
• Mýa
• Mystikal
• Nivea
• Isley Brothers Tribute: Kelly Price - "Groove With You", Sisqo - "Between the Sheets", Gerald Levert - "Voyage to Atlantis", "Tears"
• Nelly - "Ride wit Me"
• Jill Scott - "A Long Walk"
• Carl Thomas -"Emotional"/"I Wish"